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description: Identify the principal reason for which knowledge of another person's access code does not entitle one to use the device. Exam question 1 of lesson 357 «Snooping on phones, diaries and letters» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 1 · Snooping on phones, diaries and letters

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Identify the principal reason for which knowledge of another person's access code does not entitle one to use the device.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, knowledge, person · **What happens:** identify, not entitle, use, code · **To what, where:** principal reason, one, device

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 357 «Snooping on phones, diaries and letters» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which knowledge of another person's access code does not entitle one to use the device.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	access	access	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
14	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	entitle	entitle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	obj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	advcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **entitle** | present · do-support | which knowledge of another person's access code | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | to-infinitive | which knowledge of another person's access code *not said here* | the device |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent device=Patient |
| 4 | **code** |  | another person |  |  |  |  |  | nom code «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Devices within a household may be used freely by any family member

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e1:o1:1
# text = Devices within a household may be used freely by any family member
1	Devices	device	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	within	within	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	freely	freely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | may · passive | any family member | Devices within a household |  |  |  | freely *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Permission is granted by the owner and not by knowledge of the code

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e1:o2:1
# text = Permission is granted by the owner and not by knowledge of the code
1	Permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	granted	grant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | present · passive | the owner and knowledge of the code | Permission |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Entitlement arises from proximity to the device

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e1:o3:1
# text = Entitlement arises from proximity to the device
1	Entitlement	entitlement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arises	arise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	proximity	proximity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present | Entitlement |  |  | proximity |  | to the device | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Codes are known only to their owners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:357-snooping-on-phones-bags-calls-and-codes:e1:o4:1
# text = Codes are known only to their owners
1	Codes	code	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	owners	owner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present · passive |  | Codes |  |  |  | to Codes's owners | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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